Takeshis'

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Production countries: Japan
Origin countries: Japan
Language: Japanese
Spoken: Japanese
Production: dentsu Music and Entertainment, TV Asahi, Office Kitano, Bandai Visual, Tokyo FM
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A

hallucination surreal surrealism celebrity self-referential doppelgänger semi autobiographical metafiction meta

Production countries: Japan
Origin countries: Japan
Language: Japanese
Spoken: Japanese
Production: dentsu Music and Entertainment, TV Asahi, Office Kitano, Bandai Visual, Tokyo FM
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A

hallucinationsurrealsurrealismcelebrityself-referentialdoppelgängersemi autobiographicalmetafictionmeta

Takeshis' U

Released Comedy Drama Fantasy

02 Sept, 2005 (US) 1h 48min

Takeshis' U

Released Comedy Drama Fantasy

02 Sept, 2005 (US) 1h 48min

Directed by Takeshi Kitano

500% Kitano - nothing to add!

Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, who, still an unknown actor, is waiting for his big break. After their paths cross, Kitano seems to begin hallucinating about becoming Beat.

Directed by Takeshi Kitano

500% Kitano - nothing to add!

Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, who, still an unknown actor, is waiting for his big break. After their paths cross, Kitano seems to begin hallucinating about becoming Beat.

Takeshi Kitano

Beat Takeshi / Mr. Kitano

79 yrs

Kotomi Kyono

Takeshi's Girlfriend / Kitano's Female Neighbor

47 yrs

Kayoko Kishimoto

Mahjong Parlor Woman / Audition Producer / Costumer

65 yrs

Ren Osugi

†

Takeshi's Manager / Taxi Driver

66 yrs

Susumu Terajima

Takeshi's Friend / Kitano's Yakuza Neighbor

62 yrs

Tetsu Watanabe

TV Wardrobe Master / Noodle Cook / Audition Actor

76 yrs

Akihiro Miwa

†

Self

91 yrs

Naomasa Musaka

Film Studios Tattooist

72 yrs

Koichi Ueda

Film Crew Member close to the Director

85 yrs

Kanji Tsuda

Film Director

60 yrs

Makoto Ashikawa

Assistant at Audition

66 yrs

Tamotsu Ishibashi

60 yrs

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